Get to know the twelve men Jesus called, trained, and sent out to the ends of the earth with his message of love and grace:
Peter, strong leader, sometimes weak, mission to Cappadocia, dies in Rome.
Andrew, always in the shadow of Peter, goes to around the Black Sea.
James, having a fiery temper, becomes the leader of the Jerusalem Church.
John, beloved disciple suffers on Patmos; was pastor at the Ephesus church.
Philip, the first to follow Jesus, goes to Edessa, killed in Colossae.
Bartholomew, unsure of Jesus being from Nazareth, was skinned alive.
Thomas, sold as a slave to India. Struggles with doubts, killed by a Brahman.
Matthew, tax collector, ministry and death in Ethiopia.
Little James, goes to Cyrene and Carthage. Dies in a Jewish-Roman riot.
Thaddaeus, a missionary to Nineveh, is killed by being shot with arrows.
Simon the Zealot, met a man from Elam, goes there, is sawed in half.
Matthias, The last chosen disciple, goes to Colchis, stoned by Jews.
